RMMI, a Denver-based consortium of more than 120 masonry-related companies throughout Colorado, Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, is expanding on its series of free monthly Lunch-n-Learn seminars for architects by offering similar courses for engineers.

The Natural Stone Council (NSC), a collaborative organization representing business and trade associations that promote stone under the Genuine Stone brand, will launch an industry-wide survey to assess environmental performance in early-2008.

At his presentation at the October 2007 Portland Cement Association (PCA) Board Meeting, chief economist Ed Sullivan said the PCA expects 2007 total cement consumption to decline 6.9 percent, followed by a 2.5-percent decline in 2008.